Joachim Eijlander is a versatile Dutch cellist and music educator, renowned for his performances as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Asia, and the United States. He has collaborated with ensembles and musicians such as the Borodin Quartet, Lisa Larsson, Robert Holl, Randall Scarlata, Inon Barnatan, Karl Leister, and Godfried Hoogeveen. Additionally, he has worked closely with composers including Henri Dutilleux, György Kurtág, Sofia Gubaidulina, Louis Andriessen, and Joey Roukens.
Eijlander received his musical training in Utrecht, Amsterdam, and Berlin. In 2000, he founded the Rubens Quartet, with which he performed internationally until 2015, winning prizes at competitions in Austria and the Czech Republic. The quartet appeared in prestigious venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zürich, Berliner Philharmonie, and the Rudolfinum in Prague.
Since 2019, Eijlander has been a professor of cello at Codarts Rotterdam, where he also represents the lower strings department. Since 2021, he has also been a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Namur. He regularly gives guest masterclasses at conservatories in Indiana, Milwaukee, Oklahoma, Ljubljana, and the Dutch String Quartet Academy.
As a soloist, Eijlander has performed with orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Romanian State Philharmonic Orchestra Tirgu Mures. He is a frequent guest at international festivals such as Sitka (Alaska), Prussia Cove (UK), Schleswig-Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany).
His discography includes recordings of J.S. Bach’s complete cello suites (2015), “Sequentia!” featuring caprices by Joseph dall’Abaco and Alfredo Piatti (2017), and “Dark Fire” (2020), a musical journey bridging the East and West.